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- Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
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Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
it's just a practical tactics to dismantle the naive realism belief in the existence of "things" independent of conscious/spiritual activity that actually creates them. The whole thing is that in the way the words are used, this "conscious/spiritual activity" is ultimately a Wor...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 17037
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
While we pretend to wait for Lorenzo's argumented thinking in support of his assertions above, I will let others know why they were motivated by pure prejudice and therefore no such argument or thinking is forthcoming. In my humble opinion the best and simplist approach is to be opposed to any pos...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 17037
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
So I hope that we've cleared that Thinking path shouldn't be confused with intellectual-theoretical path. Instead, it is the direct facing with everything that chains the free spirit. It is Thinking path in the sense that we're not blindly following dogmatic rules and rituals but everything must pa...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:03 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 17037
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
I don't detect any logical progression of thought in these fragments - I see ambiguous flowery language generated in nearly random order. Word Salad trick -> occaisionally a word is capitalized impying the word has some special meaning other than what a normal person might think..
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:12 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What does physicalist science tell us about reality?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 4249
Re: What does physicalist science tell us about reality?
Even if you substitute Hoffman's network of conscious agents for W it is still "out there". Goethe thought light was "out there" too. I think a more accurate phrase than "out there", is "independent of individual mind(s)" BK, Rupert Spira and physicalists all...
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: Topic-specific Discourse
- Topic: Is it theoretically possible to prove materialism?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3975
Re: Is it theoretically possible to prove materialism?
to prove Materialism/Physicalism we'd have to find 'matter', we'd have to discover (be aware of) something outside of what we are aware of.
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Why do you think ancient religions are so committed to negating the worldy experience?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1780
Re: Why do you think ancient religions are so committed to negating the worldy experience?
This question just keeps nagging at me. Both ancient Hinduism and Buddhism are very committed to the idea that people's mission in this reality is to check out of it. To awaken to its illusory nature, not just for the purpose of being able to experience it in a more level-headed way, not just for r...
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:35 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Matter generating consciousness?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2133
Re: Matter generating consciousness?
Bernardo never begins as a Materialist, he begins by presenting the Materialist arguemnt and then defeating the materialist argument by suggesting that there is nothing about matter (what we know of matter) that would predict matter generating experience, or matter becoming aware of itself. While Be...
- Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Please, I need help from patient and committed idealists
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4985
Re: Please, I need help from patient and committed idealists
In my humble opinion the best and simplist approach is to be opposed to any possibility of life after death, and take advantage of the opportunity you have right now. Clarity of mind, clarity in seeing, touching, tasting, hearing and smelling . . . this will get you places in either Materialist or I...
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:06 pm
- Forum: Topic-specific Discourse
- Topic: Understanding Existential reality easily by logic reasoning and observing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1257
Re: Understanding Existential reality easily by logic reasoning and observing
not sure what these 3 words add to each other "Existential reality exists"
and then I don't agree with "Existentially as a life atom/SOUL the structure of every individual is complete and no longer able to change." or maybe I don't understand it
and then I don't agree with "Existentially as a life atom/SOUL the structure of every individual is complete and no longer able to change." or maybe I don't understand it